HOT TOPICS IN IN-CAMPUS Education
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HOT TOPICS IN IN-CAMPUS Education
Object Arena Team
“Technology is not a panacea for everything that ails higher education. Rather than believing that every[one]
… should be using technology, we need to think strategically. Where can
we use technology intelligently to make a real difference to our
institutions in confronting… critical issues?”
- Carol Twigg (2005) - president of the National Center for Academic Transformation
Overview of Presentation
Topic 1: Web 2.0
Topic 2: Data warehousing
Topic 3: Infrastructure Management
Topic 4: Sustainability
Goals of Presentation
•To highlight technological trends in higher education and include literature and resource references that are relevant to and useful for the Future.
•To provide interactive web links to supplemental websites within the presentation to allow for hands-on interaction with recommended sources.
•To objectively outline the benefits of each identified area.
• What is Web 2.0– Web 2.0 is a trend in World Wide Web
technology, and web design, a second generation of web-based communities and hosted services such as social-networking sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies, which aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and sharing among users .
Topic 1: Web 2.0
What is Web 2.0 All About?
Web 2.0 is about connecting people, and making technology efficient for people.
Web 1.0 was about connecting computers and making technology more efficient for computers.
Web 2.0 changes the way businesses interact with customers
Expanding from dozens of markets with millions of people to millions of markets of dozens of people
WHY?To grow revenue to new markets with less cost!
O’Reilly’s Overarching Web 2.0 Definition
Web 2.0 is a set of economic, social, and technology trends that collectively form the basis for the next generation of the Internet … characterized by user participation, openness, and network effects.
Source: O’Reilly Radar
What is Data warehousing ?• A 'data warehouse' is a repository of an
organization's electronically stored data. Data warehouses are designed to facilitate reporting and analysis.
• This classic definition of the data warehouse focuses on data storage. However, the means to retrieve and analyze data, to extract, transform and load data, and to manage data are also considered essential components of a data warehousing system. Many references to data warehousing use this broader context. An expanded definition for data warehousing includes tools for business intelligence, tools to extract, transform, and load data into the repository, and tools to manage and retrieve metadata
Topic 2: Data warehousing
Overview
• The Process of Planning and Building a Warehouse
• Data Warehouse Architecture (revisited)
• Classification of Tools
OLAP Design Cycle
RequirementAnalysis
Conceptual Design(Implementation
Independent)
Using the DataWarehouse
Logical + Physical Design(e.g. Product specific)
Implementation
OperationalData Sources
Data-Migration Middleware (Populations-Tools)
DataStorage
RepositoryRepository
DataAnalysis
Reporting, OLAP,Data Mining
Data Warehouse Architecture
What is Infrastructure Management • For an organization's information technology, infrastructure
management (IM) is the management of essential operation components, such as policies, processes, equipment, data, human resources, and external contacts, for overall effectiveness. Infrastructure management is sometimes divided into categories of systems management, network management, and storage management. Infrastructure management products are available from a number of vendors including Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Microsoft. Among other purposes, infrastructure management seeks to:
• Reduce duplication of effort • Ensure adherence to standards • Enhance the flow of information throughout an information
system • Promote adaptability necessary for a changeable environment • Ensure interoperability among organizational and external
entities • Maintain effective change management policies and practices• Although all business activities depend upon the infrastructure,
planning and projects to ensure its effective management are typically undervalued to the detriment of the organization. According to IDC, a prominent research firm investments in infrastructure management have the largest single impact on an organization's revenue.
Topic 3: Infrastructure Management
Topic 3: Infrastructure Management
Topic 3: Infrastructure Management A
Cluster Is Described As:
• Clusters are comprised of standard components that could be used separately in other types of computing configurations
Compute nodes Networking
adapters and switches ,Local and/or external storage
Systems management software
“...the true object of architecture is not bricks, mortar, or timber,
but the house; and so the principal object of natural
philosophy is not the material elements, but their composition, and the totality of the substance,
independently of which they have no existence…”
-- Aristotle
the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
“...the true object of architecture is not bricks, mortar, or timber,
but the house; and so the principal object of natural
philosophy is not the material elements, but their composition, and the totality of the substance,
independently of which they have no existence…”
-- Aristotle
the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
Aristotle
• Sustainability is a very relevant and important buzzword in the institutional setting; the ability to upgrade and maintain current and cutting edge technological resources for students, staff, faculty and administrators is going to be a large indicator of institutional success in the future.
• The definition of sustainability is "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987).
• Elfland (2006) commented that “colleges and universities are ideally positioned to be leaders in demonstrating the economic benefits of sustainable design and construction” in her discussion of the future of campus design.
• Sustainability in the college environment is important both for the economic status of an institution, and to students who will be benefiting from a campus that teaches and challenges them to take care of their resources and plan for the future.
• Sustainability in technology planning is extremely important. Technology changes constantly, and finding practices that prevent waste due to materials that will quickly become outdated is key. If administrators, faculty and staff cannot use these resources and work with the changes then the upgrades are waste.
Topic 4: Sustainability
Technology is becoming a key factor in prospective students’ college search and in maintaining current students. Valuable
technology resources attract and retain students. With so many technological upgrades and advances, it can be a struggle to keep
on top of the latest trends.
Object Arena’s Career Development Centre –Technology for Higher Education and Job opportunity (http://www.objectarena.com/cdc)– Find information and resources about technology as they
relate to higher education.– Includes a listing of conferences
Educaution on Professional Development Opportunities(http://www.objectarena.com/cdc)– Learn about professional development opportunities at
Object Arena whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
Topic 4: SustainabilityResources to Address the Concern
In-Campus IT Workshops
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